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TDM 007

content warnings for this TDM include: violence, potential death, body horror, physical transformation, loss of senses, loss of autonomy

⏵ arrival⏴



Arrival does not happen as Aurora usually plans for it. New characters are introduced to the AI, then informed of a mission that they are required to participate in before they can return to their home base of Etraya. A world called Aphaia is falling apart, and while there is nothing they can do to resolve this broken world, they can participate in the Gamerunner's Stratagem.

Their mission is simple: step through the glowing purple portal that Aurora creates once they've had time to listen to her, and survive until a similar portal reopens in front of them, allowing them to return to Etraya. The Gamerunner's Stratagem is something they have been working on building for quite some time. She informs all newcomers that they will not be present on this world that long: their exit will appear to them exactly when it's meant to, allowing them to meet the others who have been recruited to save their worlds. She provides each and every arrival with an earpiece, allowing them to communicate with the other Etrayans. Aurora suggests taking a bag full of supplies along with them, which she will fill with a few generic items as well as any specific items they may need: synthetic blood for vampires, protein bars for those who may burn through calories faster, medication for anyone who requires it.


⏵ aphaia ⏴


Aphaia is a neon-lit, chaotic planet. Cameras are everywhere, every action and inaction is judged by the 'audience'. Towering holograms advertise upcoming events while flashing leader boards track the most "popular" players. Contestants are thrown into challenges, many of which are games of skill, survival, and deception all to keep the viewers entertained. Not participating is an option! However, avoiding playing along and not putting on a show will quickly cause participants' score to go down, and scores that reach zero? Well.

Unfortunately, there are only so many resources left on Aphaia. Their wildlife has died off, their planet is falling apart, and most others in this galaxy were either destroyed from the inside out, or warring planets trying to gain control of remaining resources destroyed them to avoid others getting involved. Their natural resources are depleted, and only those who manage to keep their scores up are given the luxury of having any supplies. As soon as one steps foot on Aphaia, as soon as they breathe, they intake nanotechnology which tracks their oxygen consumption, their food, everything they do or need. As soon as their scores reach zero?

They disappear. There one moment, and completely gone the next. Their communicators go offline, and while everything they were carrying will be left behind, no one will be able to find them. They are simply--gone, erased from existence.

This is a death and counts as a death as outlined in the game FAQ! Please keep this in mind.

"Points" that go towards their total score will be assigned to contestants from the moment they drop down on planet. This will be visible using the HUD on their earpiece, and will be randomized at the beginning. For the sake of the TDM, we ask that no one be assigned Paragon initially, but you're free to use other ranks!

The possible rankings are:

100: PARAGON
99-80: LUMINARY
79-70: CHAMPION
69-50: CONTENDER
49-30: UNDERLING
30-0: SHADE

Ranks may change daily, or even hourly depending on the kind of situation one has found themselves in. Are they having a very public break up in which it comes out that they wronged their ex? They may go from a Champion to a Shade before they can even blink. Did they save a defenseless reporter from the big bad villain of the week? They may find themselves quickly elevated up to Luminary and given all the benefits that comes with being upper class. The world is their oyster, they only need to figure out how they'd like to utilize it!

Aphaia is broken up into four districts.

The Colosseum is a dynamic battle arena where combatants fight for entertainment, with shifting environments controlled by the audience. Victories earn points, while losses depend on performance.

The Symposium is a lavish social hub for top contestants, where alliances and betrayals are made under the audience’s watchful eye.

The Agora is the public center of Aphaia, where contestants engage with the audience through polls, interviews, and challenges to maintain popularity. It also houses the contestants in high-rise apartments.

And Backalleys provide hidden spaces with intentional blind spots for secret dealings, though the Gamerunner is always aware of what happens there.


⏵ st★rlight soirée ⏴


Something special is happening in the Colosseum. Lights flicker as the arena shifts, rearranging itself into a grand, glittering ballroom - if a ballroom had stadium seating, paparazzi drones, and an ever-changing floor plan designed to disorient those within it. Silver chandeliers pulse with artificial starlight, their glow refracted through the crystalline floors. Music swells, but it sounds - unnatural. It thrums through your veins, setting your blood alight with the urge to dance.

Why is the ballroom designed as if intentionally put together to throw off one's balance? Well, it's time for the Panopticon Prom, of course!

The Panopticon Prom isn't just an adventure in dancing and impressing your most recent crush. It's a test of endurance, cunning, grace, and charm. The floor beneath your feet moves as if it has a mind of it's own, shifting to the beat like a living creature all of it's own. It tilts, undulates, even vanishing in sections to keep dancers on edge. After all, it's difficult to keep up one's pace if they're falling through a hole in the floor to the foam pit below.

Drones zip through the air, catching every stumble, every misstep, and every attempt to throw off others on the dance floor. This is a competition, after all; and what fun is a dance battle without having the freedom to thwart someone else on their road to victory?

The rules are simple:
  • You must dance with a partner. This can be an ally, an enemy, or someone you intend on using as a stepping stone to victory. It matters not, as long as you have one hand (or limb) on them at all times.
  • The longer you last, the better your chances. Endurance is the name of the game, meaning one must pace themselves on the dance floor. While epic twirls and impressive moves will garner more attention, it may also hurt your chances in the long run.
  • You may sabotage others by throwing them off balance, but keep in mind: everything is televised, and it won't stay secret for long.
  • The arena adapts to the chaos. Expect sudden obstacles, environmental shifts, and sudden changes in the music's tempo. Gravity may shift, walls may close in, but participants can't let that stop them - they must continue to dance, if they wish to win.
The audience is watching. Who will make the final cut and become Prom King and Queen? Everyone is vying for the titles: it doesn't matter what rank you started at when you joined the Panopticon Prom. Whoever wins becomes a Paragon until their points drop. There aren't many opportunities to sail through the rankings, but this is a sure way to do it. As long as they can keep up.


⏵ casino royale ⏴


Out in the Agora, another popular quarterly event is being set up! The Casino Royale has been destroyed countless times, but it seems as if the Gamerunner just can't let it go - every time it gets knocked down, it gets rebuilt.

There is one rule. One must take a turn at the revolving wheel just inside the door as their entry fee, and whatever the wheel lands on, they must maintain until they exit the building for the night. Sometimes, this is easier: an effect they have no control over and cannot undo even if they wanted to. Sometimes, this is more difficult: an assigned task they must complete. Failure to abide by the wheel once means receiving a penalty. Twice? Certain death if caught by any employee.

The wheel's effects are as follows:

1 You must speak entirely in rhyme. 2 Your body has become unnaturally delicate. The smallest injury hurts like a fatal wound.
3 You must avoid stepping into any sources of light. Doing so causes massive burns to appear on any area of your skin where light has touched. 4 You have been transformed into an animal! You can still think as you had before, but you cannot speak or communicate easily.
5 You have been cursed with supernatural strength, but cannot control it. 6 Time doesn't flow normally for you anymore. Each mistake you make makes you visibly younger, slowly erasing your experiences, skills, or even memories.
7 You can no longer form your own words, but only repeat what others have said to you. 8 You cannot meet another person's gaze.
9 You can no longer turn around, physically or metaphorically. If you try to return where you came from, you'll find that the pathway no longer exists. 10 You are given a specific letter that you must avoid using out loud entirely. "A"? Better hope you know enough words without one.
11 Every time you speak, your words come true - but never in the way you intended. Trying to control this is futile; the monkey's paw curls with every new sentence. 12 Within the casino, you lose the ability to feel anything. No pain, no pleasure, no warmth, and no cold. At first it may feel like a blessing - until you realize you cannot feel hunger, or tell if you're injured.
13 Regardless of if you've drunken anything, you still act inebriated. The effect only gets worse the longer you stay. 14 No one can see you. You are invisible, even if you are still able to reach out and touch or converse with those around you.
15 Any special ability you have is gone. You are reduced down to what an average human being is capable of - regardless of if you are human. 16 Violent impulses become impossible to ignore. You are rage incarnate, and you will be heard.
17 Every time you make a decision - to walk into an area, to start a conversation, anything, a small thread pulls loose from your clothing or your skin. Keep making choices, and you may become entirely undone. 18 You may speak freely, but for every syllable you say, your ability to hear slowly fades. You may want to watch your word count - too many, and you may not be able to hear at all.
19 Perhaps you arrived with a friend, or beside a stranger. It matters not: whoever came in either just before or just after you, you feel a powerful urge to protect them to the point of aggression. 20 Love is in the air - at least it is for you. Every time you meet someone's gaze, you feel the need to try and make them fall in love with you, through whatever means necessary.


The casino is alive with the hum of conversation, the clink of glasses, and the steady whirl of the roulette wheels. Golden chandeliers cast a warm glow over velvet-lined tables, where fortunes are made and lost with the flick of a wrist. But something feels. . . off.

The dealers never blink. The cards never seem random. And the house always wins - always. Maybe it's just paranoia, or maybe this casino is something more than just a den of chance. Tonight, you're not here just to play; you're here on a mission.

You've arrived dressed to kill, blending into the sea of bodies filling the casino's floors. But you're not here to win points or boost your social standing - you're here to win intel. Somewhere in this casino is a single flash drive containing information on just how Aphaia maintains their system. The only problem? The House knows someone is coming for it. After all, they're well-aware of the game: whoever retrieves the flash drive will obtain information on how to flip the script, to change the rules of the game to fit their wants and needs, rather than following the current Gamerunner. After all, this is the Gamerunner's Stratagem that Aurora has sent them out on! Many apply for 'employment' within the Casino Royale in hopes of getting insider information on where the flash drive is hidden and what it looks like. However, it seems that even the employees have no clue where it has been hidden.

⏵ NOTES ⏴


This is an extension of our Aphaia Mission! We have included enough information in this post that catching up to current in game logs isn't necessary to play with it, but you are welcome to use any part of the Aphaia setting in your prompts as you'd like. Current players are also welcome to bring the events from this TDM into their in-game threads.

This mission can happen outside of time as needed! Incoming characters will find themselves introduced to Aphaia as they arrive. Current characters may find Aurora calling on them to visit Aphaia after the current mission for the Gamerunner's Stratagem.

Characters already in game are welcome to post to the TDM, too! Please mark them as current characters in your header. Threads can be kept as game canon as long as both characters get into the game!

Please direct all questions relating to this log to our mod queries comment! All other questions can be directed to our FAQ.

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ambitiousblond: (74)

[personal profile] ambitiousblond 2025-05-01 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
Cloud didn't recognize me when we first met- apparently, this alternate version of me was brought here first, the one Cloud knows. From what I was able to put together, Cloud hasn't experienced anything long after the welcoming ceremony in Junon.

[Rufus glances back to meet Tseng's gaze in the mirror briefly before turning around quickly.

There is only so much he can do to hide how Geostigma and old injuries have aged him, no matter how much he tries to avoid admitting it even to himself. It's not something he's ready to start processing, it's still all to fresh.

Instead, he moves across the room to where a silver tray holds a few crystal glasses next to a crystal decanter- he doesn't ask if Tseng would like a drink as he pours out two glasses for them.]


We could still reach a truce here, and he's been acting as my bodyguard. He may not be the Cloud I know, but I trust him nonetheless.

[One glass is held out for Tseng to take- even this strange world somehow seems to have whiskey that isn't half bad.]
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[personal profile] nobraincell 2025-05-01 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, the rope got cut last time, and holding hands puts us closer, so it should be harder to get split up this time, right? [Just be glad he didn't say something about cutting off hands...

Also: A blank look, as he lets his wrist get inspected.]
I feel fine.

[Partway through this sentence, someone brushes lightly past his shoulder, causing him to stumble slightly. The blank look remains as he glances back at his shoulder, but if he could manifest question marks there'd be a few right now.]
ascendingstar: (pic#17813892)

[personal profile] ascendingstar 2025-05-01 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Aren't all worlds like that though? Wars, people... even Teyvat has that. I don't think we'd ever escape that, hm?

[A beat.] I like Teyvat. I've met a lot of nice people, I've traveled a lot... It's nice. But then add gods and elemental abilities and craziness that I'm not even sure I can explain. [She laughs.]
laserguy: (look i know i'm an ass)

[personal profile] laserguy 2025-05-01 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[Look at that, Scott's actually fully listening to Sophie for once. Trying to imagine the scenario she's telling him. The crowded room, the crying person, the people yelling in the middle of it. It all sounds kind of annoying and overwhelming, honestly. He's never been great with crowds or dealing with his own irritation even before he was a mutant. He's always tried to avoid it.

She doesn't have a choice though, because that's her powers.]


Sounds like a pain. [Scott admits, head turning to look at all the patrons for a moment.] Even if they're all background noise right now for you. Does it actually help focusing on one conversation?

[Their conversation?]
sophielicious: (nyx_002)

[personal profile] sophielicious 2025-05-01 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm used to it. If anything, the lack of noise creeps me out — there are not enough people in this place. Pretty sure all the other telepaths are weirded out, too.

(And she's not even the one with massive ranges like the other OmEgAs in this place, but with her glitchy powers, sometimes she does have moments of utter silence that drive her a little nuts.)

For me, it hardly matters, Scott. My brain is shared with four other brains, I'm pretty good at multitasking, and half of my conversations are up there, anyway.

... Or, well. Were up here.
hauntedsnowfall: (z acadimi sad 01)

[personal profile] hauntedsnowfall 2025-05-01 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The smell of steel is a comfort and he tries to cling to it. Calm memories of maintaining his swords, lances, and armor. Calm being everything, but what he is feeling right now. Dimitri doesn’t even have the luxury of dying to get rid of this pain and it makes him want to scream.

One good thing about his hand and arm being what’s hurt is that he can’t cling to Lars and be even more embarrassing, or, worse yet, end up hurting him. Then there is the position he is in… Being coiled up is both boon and liability. It’s comforting, yes, but he also wants to kick out, stomp, or something to expel the rioting energy coursing through him.

What is wrong with these people? What sort of sorcery is this? How could people find this entertaining? No, he shouldn’t think like this. That’s only feeding the anger. ]


Nngh!

[ Another wave of pain hits and before he can stop himself one knee draws back and he kicks out—

In that millisecond he wonders how good Lars’ balance is. ]
laserguy: (ruby quartz)

[personal profile] laserguy 2025-05-01 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
[He notices the flicker of doubt in her voice and the teen can't help but stiffen slightly. Blaze's reaction is probably warranted after everything he just said, but he doesn't want to feel like a burden. He wants to be able to pull through this challenge with her-- they probably have to if they want to survive. If he fails, she'll probably be in danger, right?

He doesn't want that. Even though he also really doesn't want to fight with his powers, but he literally signed up for this. He could go looking for other ways to increase his points, but this is definitely the most direct path to it. The biggest payout. It almost feels like they have to.

Something in Scott shifts just slightly, the teen becoming just a little more focused. More serious.]


I'm ready. I won't let you down.

[Big words, but he feels like saying it. It feels better than the doubt and he'll need all of that as he finds himself walking to the gate, ready for it to open.]
fatedfinality: ʙɪɴɢ ʙᴏɴɢ ᴍʏ ʜᴀɴᴅ's ɢᴏɴᴇ (I ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅɴ'ᴛ ʜᴇʟᴘ ᴍʏsᴇʟғ ᴏᴋᴀʏ)

[personal profile] fatedfinality 2025-05-01 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ That's part of what makes him good at what he does, which is charming people in some capacity. Being the unassuming court jester means most don't see him coming when he does strike though. Good for pulling political strings and orchestrating things to go as he wants, but not always the best for actual human connection.

Usually.
]

And what an honor it would be to fight in your name, [ he easily adds. ] Though in thinking about what other ways to entertain, I admit: I can be an adventurous sort. I like seeing what there is to out there but it's much more enjoyable with someone to see it with. If there's anywhere you've been dying to go, just say the word.

I'll do what I can to make it happen.
querulus: (wca - oof)

[personal profile] querulus 2025-05-02 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Quentin visibly flinches, indicating that yes, he can indeed see it. And feel it for that matter, in as vivid detail as Laura remembers it, if not more. Quentin's always been a particularly sensitive psychic.]

Shit. Yeah, I see it.

[He rubs his temples with a grimace.]

That sure is Chuck, alright. More fucked up than I've ever seen him, too. Hate that for him.
vexant: (6lGNRPU)

[personal profile] vexant 2025-05-02 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
( wow. he'd correct quire on the whole, julian clearly knows what a hug is, thanks, he's given many of them. except they're both trying to be nicer about this, right? so he settles for rolling his eyes obnoxiously and letting it go. for now. )

Idie's a big girl, she can handle herself.

( well. mostly. about as much as any of the rest of them can, which generally isn't too terrible. julian's fine on his own most days. quentin may need a babysitter, but it isn't because he isn't capable. it's because he's a follower, and significantly more comfortable dealing with crap when he doesn't have to be the one making choices. which julian gets, even if he isn't like that.

his arms remain loosely around quentin, not pulling back but not forcefully continuing the hug either. quentin can take a step back out of it whenever he wants to - or give julian few more moments, and he'll shove him away. )


Surprised she decided to work with you again though.

( given, you know, the pit. )
sabigoe: (⚙ 67)

[personal profile] sabigoe 2025-05-02 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...

She's tired. Her legs ache. And he's right. Shadow will make more progress without her weighing him down. Frowning, it looks like she wants to protest, but she's only silent for a long while before saying: ]


I don't want to be a lie ability.

[ That does sound like another funny word to her, but she once again makes a horrible attempt at both parroting and pronouncing the newly learned word. She doesn't know what it means, but from what she gathers from his words, it must mean she'll be a burden if she keeps trying to follow in her current state.

Their goals differ, but she wanted to help Shadow find a way home. And deep down, she continues to wish they can become friends. ]


I'll find a place to rest for a while. [ Another weak smile with the small amount of energy she has left. She continues, like this isn't goodbye. Just a little rest. She won't quit easily. ] And... if you're still looking for a way back home, I'll come and help!
querulus: (x-men - mansplaining probably)

[personal profile] querulus 2025-05-02 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Eh, okay, he's bored now. Quentin lets go and steps back, busying himself with tidying his jacket from wrinkles, dirt, wall debris, disgusting scalp flakes, etc.]

If you can believe it, Cyclops is the one who recruited her.

[Is that an indirect admission that Quentin is on a team led by the one and only Scott Summers? Don't worry about it.]

She keeps our heads on straight. You know, making sure we don't repeat the same mistakes, get too stuck in the past, all that jazz. Also the first time we met up after—uh, everything [aka the Pit] was after Sabretooth chopped my fucking head off, so, you know. I got a few sympathy points with her, which helped.

[No explanation about how he "met" her with his head chopped off. Again, don't worry about it. He looks away from his jacket temporarily to point at Julian with a scolding tilt of his head.]

Better thank your lucky stars we were busy during your whole Krakoan stunt with the Cuckoos. We never heard anything about it, or she'd legit have fried your ass. You'd have to introduce yourself as Julian "Charcoal" Keller.
shoplifter: (pic#11449452)

[personal profile] shoplifter 2025-05-02 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well...]

That doesn't bother me. I don't stay hurt.
limiterrings: (pic#17689659)

[personal profile] limiterrings 2025-05-02 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmph.

[ a helpful, idiot child that isn't focusing on herself. she's tired, she couldn't go anymore if she tried, and she's not understanding that. ]

You'll die if you don't focus on what you need to do.

[ it's simple as that, he prioritizes the information that they have to her because while she wants to help, there's "scarier" things she should focus on. well, what should be scary to her. ]

If you die of natural causes, there's nothing saying what will happen.

[ they have an idea if points, but what's the death spectrum outside of that? if he has to point out the obvious then he will, but only because she's not thinking of them. ]

Keep yourself in mind, your life is no one's responsibility.

[ as rude as he is, the hedgehog is already walking away out the store and the doors slowly swing behind him once he does. ]
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[personal profile] limiterrings 2025-05-02 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ...

it's an understandable response, be it the way her body works or how this world works. ]


Interesting.

[ because she can't be hurt it doesn't bother her, so she's fine with the battle ahead of her.

not his place to correct, only to listen. then again, what's there to correct, he works by this concept as well. ]


When others try to hurt you, do you fight back until they're dead or do you spare them?
hauntedsnowfall: (z acadimi thinky 09)

[personal profile] hauntedsnowfall 2025-05-02 11:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Dimitri’s own eyes light up at her request- he is not fond of formalities either. It is worse than pulling teeth to get anyone to call him Dimitri rather than ‘your highness’ or any other variation. ]

Blaze it is then. [ a nod ] And thank you. May your evening be as lovely as you are.

[ It isn’t said in a flirtatious manner, honestly Dimitri doesn’t think he could flirt even if he tried. No he means it quite genuinely.

And he’s off, back on the harrowing journey of attempting to find a dance partner. ]
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[personal profile] vexant 2025-05-03 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
( the cyclops mention has julian scrunching up his nose, but he keeps himself from making any commentary out loud. that's a problem for him to handle later. or never. they can just never address the cyclops in the room, that'll probably be easier.

because it's not as if julian hates him or anything, it's just - their relationship is complicated. more often than not, summers spends his time fucking julian over. when he bothers to acknowledge his existence at all. )


I wasn't there, so I don't know what the hell brought me to that point.

( he wasn't there yet. but he can imagine why he pushed that far: the loss of krakoa must have hurt. julian hasn't experienced it first hand yet, and yet it still hurts. just knowing the inevitability of it is enough for julian to sympathize with whatever dumbass move future him pulled. )

Besides, you would've been there, right? You saying you would've just let her fry me?
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[personal profile] sortie 2025-05-03 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ The answer to that comes with a curse and an awkward little dance as Lars tries his damndest not to bump into anything. The last thing they need is for Dimitri to hurt worse or for him to join in on the debilitating pain. Neither of them will get anywhere if that comes to pass.

Fortunately for them both, Lars narrowly manages to regain his footing. ]


Try not to flail, alright? I got the same damn number as you.

[ Lars doesn't know how that wheel can cause this, but he doesn't need to understand it. He just needs to make sure Dimitri gets help after having been afflicted this way.

So he keeps stalking toward the doors, bent on his self-assigned mission. ]
Edited 2025-05-03 02:42 (UTC)
sabigoe: (⚙ 15)

[personal profile] sabigoe 2025-05-03 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ The only reason she understands what a "dance-off" means is only because she's overheard some of the aliens in Aphaia refer to the dance competitions as such. But the way he describes his achievements as a champion "Oracool", reminds her of what a loyal guard would do. So, something like a knight then? ]

Champion... so that means, an "Oracool" is like a knight in shining armor! It's nice that your friend has someone like you.

[ Once they're both on the floor, she's a slow, tottering little steps side to side, mentally trying to count the beats in her head. She occasionally tries to sneak a glance over at nearby dancers, trying to mimic what they're doing. It's clear she's never danced on the dance floor before... ]
querulus: (x-men - so then i was like)

[personal profile] querulus 2025-05-03 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
[Look, if Julian wants to sweep the whole Cyclops business under the rug, Quentin's happy to let him. God knows he doesn't want to hear any kind of stupid lecture about how shitty everyone older than him is for the eightieth time, especially when Quentin actually... likes working with Slim.

He does Julian the favor of not belaboring the "I haven't gotten there yet" point, because he does know that stings. It'll sting for a while. Instead, he's going to focus on the second comment. Aka, the one he can be kind of an asshole about.

Quentin taps his chin in an exaggerated show of contemplation.]


Hmm, let's see. My ex-girlfriend who is near and dear to my heart or some asshole jock in a lame Magneto cosplay? You're right, that is a tough choice.

[There's just enough hints of a smile at the corners of his eyes to show that he's not entirely serious.]

Anyway, pretty sure Idie's the one person I know who has worse anger issues than you. Like hell am I pissing her off. I like living, thanks.
sabigoe: (⚙ 15)

[personal profile] sabigoe 2025-05-03 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ Not very many people have an opportunity to see a real bear. She wonders if it was from a distance or up close. She imagines the latter would be a little scary... but before she can ask, she's thrown off guard by his question. They have only just met and he would be willing to offer her a stuffed animal. ]

Um... me? [ Not like there's anyone else here, but she's a bit surprised. After a moment, she smiles. ] Sure! If you don't have anyone else to give it to. No one's ever given me a doll before...
heavensnight: (Don't bring me to tеars)

[personal profile] heavensnight 2025-05-03 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Anywhere, huh? [back in Silent Hill, she'd thought it impossible to even go somewhere outside of that forsaken town. coming to Etraya had been magical.]

I was never able to be very adventurous. Kinda got stuck where I came from. [that's putting it lightly.] So you can be a wonderful influence on me. [there's just enough sarcasm to tell Ardyn that she knows the complete opposite will be true. this man is not a good influence. she may not know him but she thinks she knows enough to make that judgment (she does not).]

You talked about fields before, right? Found anywhere like that in Etraya?
fourthwalled: (hug it out!)

[personal profile] fourthwalled 2025-05-03 03:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[And flying he goes, luckily. He can't really register what Shadow is doing, but vaguely notes what a fast little fucker he is. Or maybe he's just hallucinating at this point.

Wade hits the wall, sliding down it into a sizzling slump. His clothes are a mess, torn and burned, but still holding together enough not to fall off his body. Which is lucky-- no one wants to see all that.]
Uyuhrghh... [Yes, he's still trying to talk. Give him a second, and he'll be right back to his usual annoying self. The robot seems to be slowing, sparking, melting, jerking as it shorts out-- yet it's still moving.]
fourthwalled: (O.M.G.!)

[personal profile] fourthwalled 2025-05-03 03:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Hmm... I suppose I really am not me when I'm hungry. You're right. I'll take one of the Snickers, Betty White. I mean Peter. You can be Peter for now rather than Human Shield. [For now. For now.

Just gotta keep those snacks coming, Pete!]
I'd prefer you were my Peter. That guy is a goddamn legend.
crimsonsphere: (They've come upon something rare.)

[personal profile] crimsonsphere 2025-05-03 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Gladiator contests. Challenges of skill. Interpersonal drama. [She runs an eye over Knife. They're probably not much good as "reality TV" material.] Got any fighting skills? Winning a fight in the ring's probably your quickest way to bumping up that score.